Norbert Elias and Sigmund Freud

The Psychoanalytic Foundations of the Civilizing Process
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-45846-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 299 g

Reihe: Classical and Contemporary Social Theory

This book explores the influence of Freudian psychoanalysis on Norbert Elias’ theory of the civilizing process – an influence acknowledged by Elias himself – conducting a dialogue with a view to analyzing points of contact and distance between them. Examining the development of Elias’ work, it sheds light on the integration of psychoanalytic concepts in his thought, considering the dynamics that exist between individuals and social processes, as the civilizing process affects the psychic economy of individuals and psychic structures serve to sustain civilization. A genealogical study of Freudian concepts as expressed in the trajectory of Elias’s sociology, it will appeal to scholars of sociology and psychology with interests in social and psychoanalytic theory.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Oliveira Costa, André

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Psychoanalyse (S. Freud)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 - The Court and the Civilization

2 - The Dynamics of the Civilizing Process

3 - Logic of Exclusion: The Established and the Outsiders

4 - Continuities and Discontinuities of the Civilizing Process

5 - The Decivilizing Process and the Destinies of Civilization

6 - Beyond the Civilizing Process

7 - Freud’s Moses: A Historical Novel

8 - Norbert Elias, Beyond Sigmund Freud

Über Autor(innen)

André Oliveira Costa is psychoanalyst, member of the Norbert Elias Foundation and the Psychoanalytic Association of Porto Alegre (APPOA), Brazil.